When we approached Nagato's hiding place with Naruto, the place was already covered with square white paper pieces.

What followed was a strong smell of blood.

Turning over the top layer of paper, the red color buried underneath was visible at a glance. The red cloud robe with a black background was torn. It seemed that this incident had not happened for too long, and the wound on the fatal spot had not yet dried.

However, the internal dirt that caused the bleeding has been completely destroyed.

Not to mention me, even if a master planner came, it would be of no use.

Xiaonan has lost all hope of survival.

I never thought that there would be such a situation beyond my expectations.

Xiaonan died, but why?

Although she is not at the level of Nagato, she was able to force out Izanagi from Obito, and she also has a place in the Akatsuki organization - Konan is not only strong, but also has a pretty good brain.

And what about Nagato?

There is not a trace of breath left here.

Naruto was able to lead the way here because Nagato had previously manipulated the Black Pillar and left chakra here, so he could track back along the chakra. But Naruto is now unable to continue tracking, which can only mean that Nagato is now in a state where the chakra connection is completely cut off.

Let's not talk about whether Nagato can move on his own with his body. Just talking about Konan's death, if he still had a little consciousness, he would never let Konan become like this.

What on earth am I missing?

A strong sense of shock eroded my emotions, making me look a little gloomy. It was so uncomfortable to think that I had the situation under control, but the reality was like sand in my palm, flowing out of my palm uncontrollably.

Kakashi squatted down and checked Konan's body, then shook his head, "She's dead, but her body is still warm, and some of her functions haven't completely disappeared. The time away from death will not exceed fifteen minutes."

"It's about this time for us to come here, right?" Naruto closed his eyes and used his fairy technique to carefully search everything around him, but as expected, he didn't find anything.

"I just didn't expect that the one controlling Pain was actually a woman." Kakashi collected all the pieces of paper and sealed them in a scroll.

This is obviously a ninjutsu product, maybe we can find some information from it.

I shook my head. "No, she is not Pein's manipulator. She does not have the aura of the Rinnegan."

"That means there should be another person here." Sasuke bit his finger, and the eagle summoned by the spirit hovered in the air, overlooking the entire forest from a high altitude. However, apart from ordinary creatures, there was nothing abnormal around here.

"Unless it's time-space ninjutsu, it's absolutely impossible to leave the entire forest without leaving any trace in such a short time." Kakashi's Sharingan has the ability of "Kamui", so he has a sensitivity to time-space ninjutsu that ordinary ninjas don't have. Coupled with the characteristics of the Sharingan, he has the confidence to say such words.

My first reaction was Obito. If it was Obito, he would definitely be able to make such a move in a short time and take another person away. At the same time, Obito would definitely not show mercy to Konan.

However, Obito wearing Uchiha Madara's vest is jealous in front of Nagato and Konan. He is most likely to do it, so it is also the most difficult to do it.

Whether it's Konan or Nagato, they will definitely be on guard against him.

If you had been on guard, the scene would never have been like this.

"Time-space ninjutsu, the masked man from last time!" Naruto suddenly had an idea. He had fought with Obito before, "And that aloe, it also came out of the tree!"

Aloe!

I felt like I was hit by a hammer. The answer was right under my nose, but I turned a blind eye to it! I was thinking along the lines of the plot, and I moved Konan's ending to the present. I only considered the possibility of Obito alone, and completely ignored the Black Zetsu who had just left before I talked to Nagato.

In his case, the possibility of killing with one strike while stealthily moving forward was extremely high, and with his scheming, he would have had plenty of time and opportunities over the years to do something to Nagato just in case.

Thinking about it now, a big part of the reason why Nagato and Naruto were able to persuade each other smoothly without any scruples was because Black Zetsu was not with Nagato at the time.

Therefore, by the time he realized that Nagato was using the Samsara Technique, it was already too late.

This time, because of me, Hei Zetsu followed me all the way. After I noticed that I opened the Samsara Eye, he immediately realized the consequences I might bring. He knew very well that Nagato must not know more secrets of the Samsara Eye, and must not be beyond his control, let alone hinder the Moon Eye Project.

The Rinnegan is so important. He has waited for so many years and will not allow any mistakes to occur.

That's why he took the initiative and killed Konan and took Nagato away before I could react.

Although he has not discovered the Black Zetsu's space-time ninjutsu in the plot he has seen, he has lived for hundreds and thousands of years. With such a long accumulation of experience, even if he himself does not know how to do it, there are always other ways to achieve space-time transfer.

Moreover, Obito would indeed return to the Uchiha clan territory to deal with the family tree before I came to the village, so he might be nearby.

Although Nagato and Konan will be jealous of Obito, if it is after the Black Zetsu, then Obito will transfer, then there will be no problem.

There were only a few hundred episodes of introduction, and the full picture of Black Zetsu was never really revealed to me.

How could an old monster who has lived for thousands of years for his own purposes, a character who should be considered the third brother of the Six Paths Sage in terms of blood relationship, have only the strength he showed at the end?

I certainly didn't have this feeling when I was reading the comics, but now that I'm here, I realize that everything I know about Black Zetsu is just the tip of the iceberg.

Even the protagonist who has a complete life storyline has many points that I find inharmonious and strange, not to mention Hei Zetsu who was once full of mystery?

I was too arrogant, and I took the finished story as a clue that would not change easily, and then I drew a circle for myself and was trapped by my own thoughts. In fact, the fact that Sasuke did not open the Mangekyō had already reminded me, but I just thought about it and passed it by, and did not really take it to heart.

It's too late to regret now.

"Masked man?" Sasuke had never met Obito, but Itachi, who had confessed many things to him, would naturally not fail to mention such a dangerous person. "I heard Itachi mention him. He is the actual leader of "Akatsuki". Even Pein listens to him."

"That is to say, they are companions. Then why..." Naruto didn't understand. If they were companions, there would be no reason for him to be so cruel.

I was silent for a few seconds, and several possibilities passed through my mind. But no matter which one, they all pointed to the same thing.

Nagato is more dangerous than a good person.

"I'm afraid they are not companions, but just mutually beneficial relationships." It didn't take long for Kakashi to clean up the scene and put all the things that needed to be taken away into the sealed scroll. "The last time we fought, I saw the masked man's exposed eye - it was the Sharingan."

Because I had clearly told Itachi that the masked man was definitely not Uchiha Madara. So when communicating with Sasuke, Itachi had not yet told Sasuke about his unformed speculation.

That is why Sasuke still has no clear understanding of the masked man's identity.

Just by mentioning the Uchiha clan, his eyes unconsciously turned to me. I always seemed to have a complete control over everything about the clan.

I let out a long breath. "I've seen him before coming to Konoha, but the problem doesn't just lie with him. The Samsara Eye is more advanced than the Sharingan. To achieve the current effect, a surprise attack is needed. The ability to perfectly conceal one's aura is the method used by the Flycatcher."

"Flyweed?" Sasuke tried to get my point, "Is it the one Itachi mentioned?"

"That's him. When it comes to stealth, I have to admire him. He has been waiting for hundreds of years. He is really patient." I licked my lips and muttered softly, then retracted my Samsara Eye. The round eyes turned black again, and my vision became more comfortable. "Let's go first. I have to go back to the clan soon. I hope I can get the answer I want there."

When I get to the Uchiha clan's territory, I will first restore the stone left by the Sage of Six Paths that was tampered with by Black Zetsu, and see what is written on it.

Then check if there are any traces of Hei Jue left on it.

I don't know if it's because of the character setting, but I feel like I identify more and more with the Uchiha clan. I was thinking about exposing Obito's past and making him a social wretch before, but now I feel like this is my family's business, and outsiders shouldn't interfere.

On the way back, I was too lazy to walk anymore, so I just sat on the back of Sasuke's summoning beast. Of course, Konan's body had to be carried back on the back of the eagle.

I rubbed my forehead. Although the new character design has obviously brought some influence to me, because of the bug at the beginning, I didn’t feel any memory loss.

I don’t know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

But whether it is good or bad is another story.

What is in front of me is what I need to focus on.

The commander had already called on people to gather together Pain's out-of-control body and pull out all the black pillars on his body.

Because the crisis has been temporarily resolved, the atmosphere in the village is no longer as tense as before.

However, if the situation becomes a little relaxed, some people will want to take advantage of the situation, so we naturally cannot let the organizers complete the control of the entire situation.

When I returned, the atmosphere on the rooftop of the Hokage building was frozen to below zero degrees. Tsunade was standing in front of Itachi, and the six bodies of Pain were controlled next to the Anbu members.

Standing opposite them was Danzo, who had bandages around his right eye and right hand, and a cross-shaped scar on his chin.

The bandage on his face was obviously new. Based on the details about bandages that I learned from Zaizi, it might have been put on not long ago.

Thinking about Itachi's previous reaction, even if he didn't notice the ten Sharingan on Danzo's right arm, the chakra belonging to Shisui in the right eye must have been the most direct reason for Itachi's anger.

What are Danzo and his gang planning to do now? Are they going to attack Itachi? Or are they going to use this as an excuse to attack the Fifth Generation?

Does he really think that others dare not lay a hand on him?